Baby Bed (BlackJack Oak)

To make sure everyone understands this was a CO-Project with my Sawmilling partner. So I can only take credit for half of this project. This was a project of necessity, A friend’s daughter became pregnant and asked politely (DEMANDED) we build her a heirloom quality baby bed. Well being the procrastinators we normally are, we waited till the last couple of months to start, and were suitably chastised by the whole female clan. Everything seems to have turned out ok, and the female natives are appeased. This is a plan from Homes and Gardens wood magazine, so not an original design. This is wood that was sawn on our sawmill, Dried in our solar Kiln, prepared on our planer and jointer, A real project from stump to bedroom. This is a great plan, when the baby is older it converts to a youth bed and then a full size bed.

Not everyone will saw Black Jack Oak, but i think it’s great, Yes we did stain it with a light fruitwood stain, The oak is naturally dark and full of great streaks of color, It’s hard to see in the pictures but the grain is outstanding.